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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-09-07, Page 2''AGR'? THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD r yt Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA Berme. of Subscription -, $1.50 per year in advance, to Canadian ed - dresses $2.00 to the U.S, or oth- er'foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to wjrich every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. r&dvertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12e per count line for first insertion. 8c for each suitsequeni insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to ex- ceed one inch, ,such as "Wanted", "Lost," '%Strayed," etc., inserted once for 85c, each subsequent in- sertion 16c. Rates for display ad-' vertising made known on applica tine. Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good t1'aith, be accompanied by the name of the writer: 4O. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. RANCE :Notary Public, Conveyancer l?inancial, Real Estate and Fixe In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton. Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. '1Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Olean Block -- Clinton, Ont, CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Ante - mobile. Huron. and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 67. NORMAN W. MILLER ISSUER OF CAR LICENSES Agent for E. D. Smith Nursery Stock Office Isaac Street, Clinton, Pohne 62w. MR. FRED; G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: .Ontario Street — Clinton, Out. One door west of Angligen Church. Phone 172 tEyes Examined and Glasses Fitted Ilii. IL A. McINTYRE DENTIST Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. ' Phone, Office, 21; house, 89. Y. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRRCTION ley manipulation Sun -Ray Treatntent ' Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondence promptly .answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed ''THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. President, George McCartney, R.R. 'No. 3, Seaforth; vice-president, as ••z"i,onnolly, Godericlr; Sec. -treasurer, 1Vlaetin A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; James Shonldiee, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesbora; 'Rohe Ferris, Blyth; ' John Pepper, IBrucefield; A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; •George Lefnhardt Brodhagen. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. Na. 3, •Clinton; John Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinehley, Seaforth. Any money to bo paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of •Commerce, Seaforth, nr at Calvin 'Cutt's Grocery,. Goderieh. Parties desiring to effect ineur- •ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to en applica. •tion to any of the above office% ,addressed to their respective post of - Ikea. Losses inspected by the direc- ctor who lives nearest the scene. SANAlIAN ATiQ TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.08 a.m. .Going East depart • 3.00 p.m. Going West, depart • 11.50 a.m. Going West, depart 9.58 p.m. London. Huron & Brude Going North, ar. 11,34,'Ive.11.54 a.m, • L'xoing South . .3,08 p.m. There's something' In the, advert 'tisements today to interest you. Read theist THURS., SEPT. 7, 1933 SYNOPSIS 'Rnth Warren, living in the East, comes into possession of three -guar - ter interest in an Arizona ranch, left to her itt the will of her brother, re- ported to have died while on business in Mexico. - With her ailing husband and small child she goes to Arizona to take possession, thinking the cli- mate may prove beneficial to her husband's weakened 'lungs. Arriving et the nearest town, she learns that the ranch, "Dead Lantern," is 85 miles across the desert. Charley Thane, old rancher and rural mail carrier, agrees to take them to "Dead Lantern" gate, which was 5 miles from the ranch house.. As they wearily walked past a huge over- shadowing boulder kn a gulch in corning to -the ranch house, a voice whispered "Go back, Go back!" Their reception is eool•and suspie- ious. Snavely and- Indian Ann are the only occupants. They hear the legion of. the gulch. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY C=2E1i> "No. You understand I don't be, lieve there's anything to it—.it's jest an echo or some noise, that's all. Course with Ann it's different." "How do you mean." Well, she's superstitious clean through. She's scared to death -to go through the gulch -.but just the sante she dasn't go around it. She thinks the voice mol' her never to avoid it in case it wants to tell her anything," rest her elbows on the sill and look out into the night. A sound, a single squeak of a metal spring, instinctively brought' het eyes' to the back door of the{ ranch house. .Sonne one was stand, ing there; some one had just come softly out. Breathless, she -watched. The figure moved slowly toward the ancient adobe and stopped. She knew that it was Snavely. After a mo- , ment he turned slightly and, walking with quiet steps, went toward a mound of earth heavily covered with bushes, This mound was nearly opposite the girl's window and a- bout a hundred feet away. When he had reached the clump, of bushes Snavely paused and seemed again to be looking at the adobe, She saw that he held a bundle under his arm. Suddenly he stooped low and disap- peared from sight. The minutes passed two, ten, or a hundred the girl could not have told. Then she heard a hollow, echoing clank among the clump of bushes. A moment later, Snavely reappeared and walk- ed softly back to the ranch house, His hands were empty. This time he opened the door in such a way that it did not squeak. The three sat silent. Soon the slightest of noises came from behind them and at the same instant Snave- ly raised his eyes. Turning, the man and girl saw the giant woman towering above them. Snavely, a- lone, was not startled by her silent appearance. She nodded to Warren, "Your trunk an' things is in your room." Roth stood up at once and gath- ered her sleeping son in her arms, "Th -hank you so much—I we'll be going to bed now, I guess." The old adobe seemed very huge and dismal. 'With no word between thent the man and wife stood it the center of the room. The yellow light from the ell lamp shone upon the walls of earth, mellow and dim "What do you think of hint?" asked Warren, glancing suddenly into Ruth's eyes. "I don't know," said Rnth slowly. "Did you notice that look on 'his face when he was talking about people? Not what you'd call a soc- ial animal," "I -le hates us —. he hates every human being!" 'Marren said nothing for a time. then, "We'd better go to bed, I guess." Ruth nodded. One of the canvas cots Ann had placed near the glassless window; at -tether close by, was proabb!y in- tended for David. The third cot wet in the rear rooms When the man and girl had finished their prepare - Suddenly he stooped low and dis- appeared front sight. tions the three cots were so close together that there seemed to be only one single broad bed made uy in three sections. 'So hot was the night that covering was impossilbe, With David between them and the lamp entinguished the father and mother lay .on their backs, their hands clasped above David's head. The stillness was stifling. Finally the hand of her husabnd gradually relaxed. How could he possibly sleep? Poor Kenny -- so terribly tired, She lowered her eyes from their upward stare and looked at the window. It was no longer a black hole but a patch of light— as though the moon were shining. Carefully, site got ,to her knees and worked her way tc the foot of the bed. Thus kneeling, . she could By mid-afternoon of the next day Ruth could hardly stand. All morn- ings and for three hours since lunch she. and Ann had been cleaning out the two rooms in the old adobe. In spite of Ruth's exhaustion she had done very little actual work. Of the entire two floors she was only able to scrape an area which might have been covered by the ranch bath. tub before the patens of her very white hands developed puffy red mounds, extremely tender, The hoc in Ann's huge hands ripped up long scrolls of earth untiringly. Much might be said for Ruth's bravery in attempting to do any work whatever, but as a matter of plain fact she wee afraid to do any- thing else. That morning at break• fast she had asked if Ann could help her, and Snavely had replied, "I rec- kon she can, if you need help." I. All day this reply had rankled, She told herself that Ann was mere- ly a servant employed on the ranch and that Snavely's interest in the ranch Wits only one-quarter. Yet, while this was in some ways a com- forting reflection, it could not put from her mind those pale, jerking eyes, Warren and David were spending the day under a great live oak which stood on the western band of the gulch and was visible from the door- way of the old adobe. "It was a beautiful tree, its wealth of shade made even more•inviting by the coo' green of its leaves. Warren lay back in a canvas chair, lazily improv- ising on his guitar. Little David was tremendously busy making things with the small acorns which covered the shaded ground. Often Ruth glanced toward the oak tree, and once she had gone part way over and shouted to Warren to watch omit for snakes. She returned to the adobe reluctantly, She rath- er felt that she also should be under that tree, Anyway, the adobe looked quite clean and pleasant compared with its appearance the evening before. Only last evening? Ruth could hardly believe that she had not yet been twenty-four hours on the ranch; it seemed a month. Well, the clean- ing was over. She supposed that a storm would come in a few days and the whole place would fall down. In such an event she could imagine Snavely suggesting that she move. her family into the barn—after cleaning it out. Since rising that morning, she had wondered constantly what Snavely had been doing the night before,. But she had not gone to the bushes to investigate, she had not mention- ed the incident to her husband, and. she had not the remotest intention of asking Snavely. And, just as she told herself that the voice in the gulch was an echo, she told herself that Snavely was probably attending to some neglected ranch chore -- well, well, such as putting something away in a box which made a clank when the lid was dropped. Ruth did not know what she thought about Ann, The giantess both fascinated and frightened her, She was fascinated by the skill with which Ann drove nails and she was frightened when the woman bent her back and tossed aside a huge ehunk of fallen adobe which partially ob- structed the doorway, as though the heavy earth were cork. It was 'hard to think of the giantess as a woman; her enormous strength and size' were so foreign to the girl's idea of fem- ininity: And always Ann was' aware of the little dog --'Truth felt that but. for her presence Ann and Sngarfoos would have 'carried on a continuou, conversation. Several times Ruti ]sad tried to start friendly talk with -Ann but with no •success. The giant- ess had not .once smiled: she did her work like a relentless machine, but a machine with thoughts of its own. From the corner of her. •eye she saw Ann loading trash from a pile near the door into a wheelbarrow. She stepped to the ' threshold and asked casuhlly, "What in the work' shall we do with all that stuff, Ann? It won't burn; that's certain." ,Ann grunted and lifted the wheel- barrow. Ruth fell into step beside her as the giantess wheeled her Ioad toward the clump of. bushes beyond the woodpile. "You know, Ann, we ought to have e regular place to put trash—something ,out of sight where we could put things we didn't want to see any more." Ann said nothing, "I've often wished I had a place where I could put things I've done The girl shivered. Something in Ann'„ fact caused her to turn quiek- ly. that I shouldn't have done." The haughty cast of Ann's features sot toned; she looked into the girl's eyes and nodded slightly. Inside the encircling fringe of underbrush a half dozen sunbleached planks lay upon the ground, Ann turned back the nearest of these disclosing a black hole. She tipped the wheel -barrow and tine trash slid front sight. Ruth caught her breath without knowing why—there was something weird in the silent way that load disappeared—perhaps there was water in that hole, very close to the top. Ruth took a step forward, just as a sudden roar of sound belch- ed from the blackness. She scream- ed—the trash had .fust struck bot- tom. IAnn looked at her. "It ain't no- thin'—jes, an el' well we throw stuff • into." "How how deep is it?" "Way deep—a Metered feet, 1 reckon. The folks what built the 'dobe digged it years ago. But they never found no water jes' here - 'bouts." The girl shivered. Something in Ann's face caused her to turn quick- ly—Snavely was coming , through the bushes. His pale eyes glintae dangerously, "New, Ann,"—he spoke in a high voice— "I think you'd better be tendin' to the millcin' You best finish with the cleanin' to -morrow. We goti to butcher this evenin' too," Ann left at once. After a mo. ment in which he stood as though half stupified, Snavely smiled on the girl. "Ann'd rather do most any- thing than milk—aft ain't . every cat, tie ranch that's got a milk cow." As he was speaking he walked away front the well and Ruth followed. "I got that Jersey for milk—solely for milk --•traded a long yearlin' beef for her to a Mexican who was goin' tt, slaughter her. Besides," he smiled again and stopped beyond the bush- es, "We've got good milk for our victuals," "Oh, I see. It seems like good business to have a milk eaw, then, Mr. Snavely, about that well, I —" You're dead right it's good busi- ness. I told Gray that when we first started up. While he was puttin' in a new windmill, and the tank, and the ce-meat water troughs I looks a- round' and got hold of that Jersey— she's already paid for herself in the poor little weak calves .she's nursed." They were passing the woodpile and Snavely stooped to pick up the axe. "I come up here for this--nrte and ATM 're going to butcher. We need meat. Can't keep it more'n couple of days in this weather, but Ann'1l jerk a lot ref it. But • we'll have fresh meat for supper." He smiled. "Don't reckon you ever bad a chance to eat beef a half hour af ter it was killed. You want to come down to the corral and watch us butcher?" "No—so, thank you. Mr.• Snavely. please forme that horrible welly I, DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Boy Scout Voyageurs Real boy adventurers were three Saskatoon Boy Scouts who built a canoe, last winter, and this summer made a long trip through the Trout Lakes and down the Montreal river. Down the Athabasca A trip by river boat down . the Athabasea' river to Fort Fitzgerald' was .the interesting summer exper- ience of two selected Edmonton Boy Scouts, as guests" of the .Hudson's Bay Company. . GLIM Quebec Scout Visits Arctic Missions 'On its annual summer visit to Ro- man Catholic Missions ie. the arctic thesmall motor ship Pius XI this summer included in ,her company' el Montreal Scout and a well known, Scouter, Dr. Gardner of Montreal University. Any Old Bathing Suite? A house-to-house canvass for dis- carded bathing suits was the novel won't let David out of my sight un- til you do. And when you begin I'll get him out of the way --d don't want hint to know about it and be curi- ous. He must never go into those bushes. You'll fence it right away, won't you? Please!" Snavely nodded. "That's a good. idear, Mrs. Warren. I'll attend to it myself tomorrow — we never ex- pected to have kids on the place and' just throwed loos° boards over it to keep the stock out. But I'll fence it sure." "Make a very strong -fence -- one David can't get through or over. Couldn't we use boards? These barbed -vire fences took so insecure." ,Something terrible flashed into Snavely's face. "Barbed wire"—he spat the words—"ain't going' to be used for nothin' on this place! What wire is here can stay but by God I ain't never touched it an' I ain't nev- er going to!" "Well—S—I'm glad you will use -boards, Mr. Snavely," said Ruth un- certainly, and left him. That evening when the girl and her family went into the ranch house for supper, they were sorry to see that Ann had a long cut on her cheek, Snavely explained that she had done it on the catch of the kitchen cup - boatel. (Continued next week) aranriosammansmammas appeal carried out by Scouts of Pem- broke, Ont. They solved a swimming pool problem , for a eonsiderable number ,of ' children. e�9 U. S. Scouts honour Capt. lVlolisou Before returning to England after the Atlantic flight of himself and his wife, Capt. James Moliison was made an Honorary Tenderfoot Scout by a group of American Boy Scouts, and was presented with a Scout sta- tuette by the National Board of the Boy Scouts of America. Historie Stones for Camp Chapel An altar of stone taken from Lin-• coin •Cathedral during its restoration, pews carved front ancient tree trunks and an archway entrance ' of trees are features of a new camp chapel b£ the 7th City of London Boy +Scouts. The chapel is tohe dedicat- ed by the -Bishop„of Lincoln. 400 Scouts in Bike Marathon Oyer 400 Scout cyclists in teams of three took part in the annual Es- sex (England) Scout bicycle mara- thon. The competition calls for a log and sketch map of the journey, the making of an over -night camp, and at the end a surprise test in Scouteraft or woodcraft; Speed is a minor consideration. WESTERN FAIR MAINTAINS HIGH STANDARD' There are few people today who can remember the first Western Fair at London, for the annual exhibition which opens in the Forest City on September llth and continues until September 16th is the 66th exhibi- tion. Front the offices at London comes word that the entries this year are particularly Iheavy, in the live stock departments especially, and the entire Fair promises to be the finest in the history of this old organization, Progressive residents of Western Ontario, particularly the agricultur- ists, have always set aside the se- cond week in September for a visit to London, for no holiday offers more in education and entertainment, The London Fair, takes second place to no other exhibition in the Do- minion, and has some distinct fea- tures of its own that endears it to the people of this district. Much can be seen in one visit to the Lon- Carlow . Sept. 12th den Fair and the buildings are so, Currie's Corners Sept. 13tif arranged as to make it a simple task St. Helens . . Sept. 15113 to see everything. Belgrave Sept. 10th Live stock men find London a Fordwieh . Sept. 20th great help since the erection of, the Grand Bend Sept. 21st Ontario Arena where inside judging' progresses every day of the Pair. Here the night horse show is also held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday, evenings. Speed and track events are sched- uled for every afternoon before the grand -stand and the stand attrac- tions, always a feature of the West- ern Fair, promise to be even better this year. A11 the agricultural and, industrial displays will bo in their places on opening day and the midway attrac•, tions, the Model Shows of America. open -with the exhibition, Special rates have, been arranged by the railways' for Fair Week. TO ADMIT PERTH COUNTY Providing Agreement With Stratford Beard Signed (Stratford:—Porth County pupils will be admitted to Stratford Col- legiate Institute this term, provided that the county signs an agreement with the Stratford Board of Educa- tion, based on terms which have al-* ready been proposed by the County Council. These terms provide for the payment of 80 per cent, of main- tenance and debenture charges by the county. In addition, the Board of Education will be allowed to collect a fee of 87.60 a year from each pupil. Un- til an agreement is signed, counts. pupils will be charged a fee of $10 a month. Any amount in. excess ,of the $7.50 collected front the pupils, will be refunded in event of an a- greement being signed. These decisions were reached last Thursday night at a special meeting of the Board of Education held to discuss he deadlock between the two boards. RESTRICTION ON TEA In April a restriction was placed on tea exports from Ceylon, India and Java. Higher prices have re- sulted, not only at the gardens, but also on our markets, and many pac- kage teas cost more than they did six months ago. Some of the finer quality brands are as yet unchang- ed, however, and are consequently, even better value than at last April. HURON SCHOOL FAIR DATES 1933 id You Eved stop to Think --Just what a ten dollar bill which a farmer spends in his home town may accomplish? Let us follow it around. Probably the dry goods merchant gets it first. He passes it on to the hardware merchant in payment of an account. The hardware merchant pays it in wages to one of his employees. This employee pays it to his landlady, who pays a grocery bill with it. The grocer can then ' pay his butcher. The butcher passes this on to his produce mer- chant, and this produce merchant, buying largely from the farmer, passes this ten dillars back to the farmer, from whom it originally came, Thus it has, in its ramblings among the home town people, served many useful purposes and yet it is still in the community to again serve. If Sent Away To Distant Mercha is —.—That ten dollar bill is gone for good. It may serve to build up the large city elsewhere. But so far as the home ;community is concerned its usefulness is at an end, and the community has been drained of. just that much working capital. When in Need of Printing --'--Rememlter that orders left with your home town printer will serve to pay wages of workmen who itt turn spend this money with Decal business houses, thus serving to maintain that round of busi- ness which is necessary in order that rural towns throughout Canada may flourish and prosper, THE GLINT =N NEWS RECORD A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING--HEAID ADS. IN THIS ISSUE PHONE 4